Eleven years after Vince Young's virtuoso performance for the ages to win the 2005 national title, Texas and USC will meet again Saturday in Los Angeles.

Eleven years after Vince Young's virtuoso performance for the ages...

There will be different voices on television and network radio when Texas and Southern Cal meet Saturday for the first time since the 2006 Rose Bowl for the BCS national championship, but the local radio play-by-play voices will be the same - Craig Way for the Longhorns and Pete Arbogast for the Trojans.

The 2006 game, arguably the most memorable championship game of the BCS/College Football Playoff era, was called by two of the best - Keith Jackson in his final telecast for ABC and Ron Franklin on ESPN Radio. This time around, it will be Gus Johnson and Joel Klatt on Fox Sports and Bill Rosinski and Dusty Dvoracek on ESPN Radio.

Both Arbogast and Way marvel at the passage of time but, understandably, have different memories of that 2006 night at the Rose Bowl.

"In one way, it seems like it was yesterday, and by the same token it seems longer than 11 years because of everything that's happened to the program, good and bad, since then," Way said.

College football ratings

Nielsen ratings for selected college football games in Houston for the weekends of Aug. 31-Sept. 4 and Sept. 7-9. :

Over the Air

Teams Date Ch. Rating Total viewers

Texas A&M-UCLA Sept. 3 26 6.8/12 277,000

Florida State-Alabama Sept. 2 13 6.6/12 274,000

Michigan-Florida Sept. 2 13 4.4/10 166,000

Oklahoma-Ohio State Sept. 9 13 4.2/8 167,000

Cincinnati-Michigan Sept. 9 13 2.5/7 81,000

W. Virginia-Va. Tech Sept. 3 13 2.3/4 75,000

TCU-Arkansas Sept. 9 11 2.3/5 69,000

Akron-Penn State Sept. 2 13 1.9/5 64,000

Georgia-Notre Dame Sept. 9 2 1.8/3 71,000

Pittsburgh-Penn State Sept. 9 13 1.7/4 58,000

Cable

Teams Date Ch. Rating Total viewers

Maryland-Texas Sept. 2 FS1 3.2/8 117,000

Ohio State-Indiana Aug. 31 ESPN 2.5/4 90,000

Tennessee-Georgia Tech Sept. 4 ESPN 2.5/4 84,000

Nicholls St.-Texas A&M Sept. 9 ESPNU 2.0/4 79,000

BYU-LSU Sept. 2 ESPN 1.9/3 75,000

Houston-Arizona Sept. 9 ESPN 1.6/4 56,000

Louisville-N. Carolina Sept. 9 ESPN 1.6/4 56,000

Utah-Wisconsin Sept. 1 ESPN 1.1/2 39,000

Auburn-Clemson Sept. 9 ESPN 1.1/2 30,000

"It's going to be different because it's the regular season and because it's in the Coliseum, not the Rose Bowl. But it's still two marquee programs."

Not surprisingly, Way said Texas fans still love talking with him about the Longhorns' comeback win in January 2006.

"If I were around large groups of Texas fans every day, I would hear about it every day," he said. "Every time I'm at a coaching school or an alumni function, people still talk about it."

Arbogast, meanwhile, is a USC lifer - as a kid, he saw O.J. Simpson lead USC over the Longhorns in a 1967 game at the Coliseum - so his memories of the 2006 game are considerably less fond.

"I have listened back to every one of my broadcasts over the years, and I have never listened to that game or watched it on TV since then. I can't stomach it," he said.

"It's very rare that the better team does not win a game, but I think that if both teams had been at full strength that day, it's a two-touchdown game for SC. We counted 10 plays, and if any of them had gone the other way, SC wins the game.

Ray Lewis replied, "I wouldn't call it a distraction because there's too much good to call it a distraction, what those guys did in helping all of those people in Houston. … It's emotional energy. And when you take that energy, it has to be carefully managed during the week.

"You put energy in a certain box. I have to get a certain amount of hours of sleep. I have to drink a certain amount of water. You have to really take care of yourself to build up to game day. … When you think about what Houston did, maybe it threw (them) off a little bit because there is a lot going on, which is much bigger than the game."

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Hard questions on CBS' "The NFL Today" from Bill Cowher to Colin Kaepernick: "Are you really committed to wanting to come back? … Are you really committed to your craft? Are you going to take the opportunity that any team might give you?

"Don't let the contract stand in the way. Your agent can put performance clauses in there that if you play, you will get paid. Colin, your silence speaks volumes. And I just wonder, maybe the platform is more important to him than his play on the field. And you know what, Colin, prove me wrong."

Texans sanction Innes, producer

The Texans have revoked media credentials for KBME (790 AM) talk show host Josh Innes and his producer, Jim Mudd, for "repeated violations of our media policies," a spokesperson for the team said this week.

Team officials would not elaborate, but a podcast of Innes' Aug. 22 broadcast reflects that Mudd broadcast live reports from a practice that was open to the public, using his cellular phone to speak with Innes on the air while describing plays and formations, and reported live on which players were and were not participating in drills.

After being informed by a team media representative that he could not talk on the phone while on the sidelines, Mudd continued talking live with Innes on the air outside the gate to the practice field and later from the spectator section.

The Texans' media policy, a copy of which is posted on the team's website and which is referenced on credentials, prohibits live broadcasts from practice, including the use of social media, and the broadcast of live interviews on social media.

Telephone calls are allowed from the sideline only after practice has concluded, and the team also limits topics that can be reported from practice, prohibiting reports on game strategy, personnel lineups and conversations on the field involving players and/or coaches.

In a response to email questions seeking comment, Innes said the Texans acted "randomly and arbitrarily" but acknowledged he was not familiar with the team's media policies regarding access during practices, including events such as the Aug. 22 practice when fans were allowed to shoot audio and video from the stands.

"We were providing entertainment for our audience. We were trying to give information," he said. "… Were people amused by it? Yes. My objective is to make people laugh, have a good show, don't take ourselves seriously."

Innes also said his actions were not prompted by the Texans' affiliation with his former employer, KILT (610 AM), and that he is not influenced by KBME's affiliation with the Rockets and Astros in his comments about those teams.

"When have partnerships ever stopped me from having fun, entertaining morning radio for people who like the show?" he said. "That is my objective, relationships be damned."

Four DVRs, no waiting

Stadium, the Sinclair Broadcast Group's new sports network created from the merger of American Sports Network with other entities, has launched at WatchStadium.com, mobile apps and Twitter at @WatchStadium. The channel, which will telecast Conference USA football games among other college programming, also lists a local affiliate at KEHO (Channel 32.5) in Houston. It's unclear, however, if Channel 32.5 is actually on the air. It's not available among the 100 or so over the air stations available via an antenna scan here in southwest Houston. … Stanford Routt, the former Houston defensive back who later played in the NFL, will call the Rice-Houston game Saturday on ESPN3.com along with Robert Lee. … "Tommy," ESPN Films' documentary about the late boxer Tommy Morrison, is now available on demand and via streaming and will air on ESPN2 at 7 p.m Wednesday, Sept. 27. Morrison's career, which included a victory over George Foreman, was cut short when he tested positive for HIV, and he died in 2013. … Joe Buck's next season of "Undeniable" on AT&T's Audience Network (click here to see trailer) will include chats with Alex Rodriguez, John Smoltz, Martina Navratilova, Bob Knight, Cal Ripken Jr. and David Robinson, among others. The new season begins Oct. 18. … Speaking of Ripken, the New York Daily News reports that he will not return to Turner Sports' baseball playoff coverage next month. … Dan Marino is the first subject of this season's "A Football Life" on NFL Network at 8 p.m. Friday. Upcoming are Emmitt Smith on Sept. 22 and John Madden on Sept. 29. … "Inside Houston Football," the University of Houston football coach's show, returned this week at 6 p.m. Thursdays on AT&T SportsNet Southwest. Kevin Eschenfelder hosts with Major Applewhite. … CBS has picked up Alabama-Vanderbilt for its Sept. 23 SEC game. … ESPN has picked up the Astros' Sept. 24 home finale against the Angels for "Sunday Night Baseball" and also will air the Astros-Rangers game Sept. 27. … WFAN talk show host Mike Francesa tells Newsday he will, if asked, consider delaying his scheduled December departure from the station in the wake of the arrest of WFAN morning co-host Craig Carton. Francesa's planned departure, plus Carton's suspension, potentially could leave the station with holes in morning and afternoon drive at the same time. ... Rabbit ears, or their 21st century equivalent, are making a comeback. A Nielsen Co. study commissioned by ION Media says that the number of broadcast-only TV households has grown by 41 percent in the last five years, now totaling 15.8 million.